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The 1992 eco-cartoon that scared a generation into fearing chainsaws more than monsters.
means A lush, shaded ravine thick with ferns — and by extension, the rainforest utopia imagined in the animated film of that name.
from 'Fern' traces back to Old English 'fearn,' an ancient Germanic word for the plant, itself possibly related to a very old Indo-European root tied to wings or feathers (echoing the leaf's feathery fronds). 'Gully' comes from French 'goulet,' a diminutive of 'gueule' meaning throat or gullet — so a gully is literally a 'little throat' carved into the land, usually by water. Put together, a fern gully is simply a feathered ravine; the 1992 film borrowed this plain geographic term and turned it into a battle cry for the rainforest.
- villain
- Hexxus, a pollution demon sung by Tim Curry
- cast flex
- Robin Williams voiced a manic bat named Batty
- timing
- Beat Fern Gully jokes, Avatar basically remade it in 2009
- box office
- Quietly outlasted its budget on VHS nostalgia alone